ForkLift

ForkLift 4 Beta is available on their website :0)

In the last update (version 3.5.3), I developed a badly worsened design of the program. The top of the ToolBar has become narrower, while the left sidebar is still large and luxurious. Here you can see the problem of disharmony, disproportionality of different parts of the program. I suggest that the developer return the previous look, it was harmonious. Developer, please pay attention to Finder in Mac Big Sur, how the top Toolbar panel looks there, it's beautiful there. Do the same and I'll give you 5 stars. So far, only two stars!

In-App Updater does NOT work (on Mojave).

I use this application for 3 years and I completely satisfied. Universal ForkLift, contains all the necessary features, and it will use very comfortable. It is made with a good taste. Works stable. Updates always come on time and the application always up to date. I hope that the application will continue to be so good and Up to date. Many thanks to the developers for the good product!

My 2.x version says update to 3.x, which keeps downloading, and the link brought me here. Then all there was is the 4.x version. I have played with Forklift and think it will be the perfect tool that I will need it to clean up a major mess that the newer "Fancified" CarbonCopyCloner made of a transfer to new replacement drives. But I was expecting a reasonable upgrade price to 3.x, but then remembered I paid the One Time Fee for 2.x after I saw that on the 4.x version with no explanation. I went hunting as to what that means and no joy. So until I get clarification, I'll stick with my 2.x version.

With this update 3.5.1, the “Forklift Mini” menu no longer appears in the menu bar: continuous bugs since the previous version 3.5!

Do not expect anything from this programmer in order to have his help or his support: he NEVER responds! ...

Am encountering speed issues, errors etc. Not sure if it related to changes with MacOS or my hosting service.. but I am now back to good old Transmit.. and no such problems. Maybe FL needs an update.. who knows.

Although, handy for generic tasks, I consider Forklift 3 in multiple ways underdeveloped. For example, dragging and dropping files from Dock or Finder into Favourites, Devices or sub-folders does not work. Folders don't expand on spring-load. View options (e.g sort order) is not saved. Mouse-clicking to rename a file or folder does not always work as expected.

It has this "preparing" thing before uploads that makes it really slow (several minutes) compared to free options like Cyberduck and Filezilla. With Cyberduck or Filezilla it takes literally seconds to upload the same files.. I fully removed/reinstalled the app and tried again with same results.. Help from support is non responsive even for paid customers like myself. Too bad!

Using this for years. Consistently very good.

I've been using FTP on Mac's for over 20 years and have own and tried many FTP clients. Forklift is the best, bar none in my opinion. It can almost double as the Finder. My favorite features is using Favorites to open to different folders on different volumes and then Syncing them with one click. **LOVE Forklift**

Awesome productivity tool

Was using ParthFinder (PF) for years and move to ForkLift (FL) as PF price sheme changed. After months, I can say it was a great move as FL beat PF on many options. Thank you PF.

I purchased version 3.0 when trying to find alternative of Transmit 4 that is starting to act weird on my catalina and I'm really impressed with the new Fork Lift improvements. I'm a forklift 2 user but I'm just using it only when I need to rename multiple files lol But now I can see that I will use it often. It replaced about 4+ more apps I usually use, such as for ftp, app uninstaller, folder sync, cloud mounter, quick diff etc. It also will likely will improve some of my workflows

Forklift 3.3.9 works great when used locally. But as soon as I work with servers, this program is a disaster. I work in pre-press. The daily work with data archives and therefore also with large archived project folders (image data) are my tasks. Simple things like data search, aliases from the server to local via drag n drop, or even generally opening folders is a pure imposition. Yesterday I tried the latest version of Pathfinder as a comparison. What can I say... Pathfinder performs these tasks with a performance I actually wish for. Too bad, especially Forklift has a very intuitive design and is better in handling. Despite these shortcomings, Forklift has become very dear to my heart over the last few years. All the more I hope that the developer will react very soon concerning the performance. Many thanks in advance.

I originally bought ForkLift as an SFTP client to replace my old Transmit 4 after comparing Transmit 5 and ForkLift 3. Now, I use it all the time as a file browser because it's just so practical and convenient. I also appreciate the support. Good job!

To be fair I bought this app just for the ease of use of drag and drop. There may be an easier way to do what I wanted but do not have a mac person just to call up and ask a quick question.

Hi, does Forklift have segmented downloads?

This is specifically for Forklift 3 - I used earlier versions of Forklift for years but I really think Forklift 3 kinda sucks in comparison. Sure they added new features, but I really don't find myself using any of them, however where the new version falls down is on basic file copying which seems slower than in previous versions. This is particularly noticeable when moving a file between two machines that are other than your Mac, for example when you connect to two servers via SFTP and move a large file from one to the other. In earlier versions of Forklift it simply copied the file, and as soon as the file started copying you could see the partial file on the destination server if you were in a ssh session. In the new Forklift, for some reason it seems to copy the complete file to the system you are running Forklift on, and only after it has received a full copy does it begin to copy it to the destination machine. If you are watching the progress bar you will see it make two passes rather than one for each file copied, and if you are ssh'ed into the machine you won't even see the destination file appear until Forklift is on its second pass. So it takes as much as twice as long (depending on the speed of the connections) as in the earlier versions! Also I knocked off one additional star for design and usability - first of all they removed the window at the top where you could always see the progress of a file transfer at a glance; now you have to click a button to see it. And also they changed to a fugly icon that's probably great on a phone or tablet but looks very out of place on a desktop system. I thought I'd get over those things in time but I really haven't. Even so I could forgive those things, but when one of the main reasons people use something like Forklift is to copy files, causing it to copy files slower makes no sense at all.